The table by the kitchen

We love eating at the Square.

 When we walk in,
 we are greeted by the hostess
.
  Often this will be our new daughter-in-love,
 Meagan looking beautiful  and working
 hard on her second job of the day.

  Or it may be her sweet sister
 who is taking her new job so serious
 and doing a great job.

  It may even be our own granddaughter
 Becca looking all grown-up and lovely.
Where did the time go?

 We see a busy busboy who slows down
 from helping everyone in the building long enough
to give us a hug on his way to opening the door.
That would be our Riley with a new hairdo.

Carrie is fluttering around talking to all the folks,
 making sure all is well.  Where does she get that
energy after a full day at the studio.

  Phillip is the man in charge of the front,
 no job is too big or too small for him to do
. You can that he is in his element.

We walk past the beautiful tables that Drew
 made out of hundred year old cotton carts
 with the help of a talented neighbor.
  Past the exposed  brick walls.
 Past the bar that is made out the
 reclaimed wood from the same carts.

 All the way to the back to our table.
 The small table by the kitchen.
 Some people think that this is the table
 that you get when you have made the table host mad.

 But we are just where we want to be.
  In the middle of the action.
  We can see into the kitchen at all of  the
 fascinating activities that is going on
 to make the magic happen.

 We watch  the servers or runners
 quickly walk into one door
 and out the other with
 lushes  looking food,  beautifully plated.

 We can hear our youngest son
 Drew  call out the orders
  that result in culinary delights
 for all who visit the Square.

  The staff is fast and efficient.
  We have come to love all of them
 and love seeing  their smiling faces
 when they speed by us
 to serve this wonderful food.

 We are so proud to see their dreams
 coming alive before our eyes.

 So, when you come to the Square,
 and  if you want to be
 where all the action is,
we will be glad to share
 the best seat in the house.

  The table by the kitchen.  

New beginnings

We have just come home from the last of the Fleetwood  family Fall  new beginnings.
 
This  Fall we have:

Moved into the new little  house of my dreams and
 turned a stable into a new family gathering place

Helped Clint and Anna move into our old  house
so that His family can have a new beginning
to raise their growing family at the homestead

A huge show at the art center beginning  a new
adventure for Carrie decorating the new wing
for our local hospital. So proud of her.

We got us a new daughter
Drew married Megan giving
us a new daughter to love.


The Square opening.
A new adventure for our family.
Drew, Phillip, Carrie, and Megan
and their staff are working so hard
to bring something special and new
to downtown Moultrie.

Our remarkable Anna
with her quiet strength
has given us a new grandson.
Mark Edward Fleetwood
has joined our family.

Mark and I have added a few new shows and
continue doing some of the old shows that we enjoy.

We have both lost weight with new lifestyle changes

We are working on a new Bible Study and prayer chart.

Life is good
We are truly blessed.
I can not stop thanking God.

seven steps from daily verses t

Carol gave us daily verses to pray.
From those verses, I found just what I needed.

1) Recognize sin - acknowledge
2) Repent - turn around
3) Return - to God
4) Renew - fellowship
5) Revive - through His Word
6) Remove - sin (temptation)
7) Reassured- by staying in the Word of God

this one is for you Carrie

Carrie and Sara are now vegetarians .  They eat healthy food and tease me about some of  "recipes" that I gave them when they got married.  The most famous being :
any pasta
can cream soup
sour cream
any meat
I very seldom use recipes when I cook.  I just make it up as I go along.

So, this morning I found this recipe in a magazine
This ones for you Carrie

Chicken Spaghetti

box of spaghetti
can chicken broth
mince onion and garlic seasoning
butter
mushrooms
package seasoned chicken
can of cream of chicken soup
sour cream
milk
processed cheese

This does not seem to go with Carrie and Sara's healthy non-processed food life style cooking
The sad thing is, my first thought was, that sounds good.
It's a process.
  Learning how to eat healthy when you are old is very very hard.
 
Maybe, I should just stop cooking and eat at "The Square".....when it opens

Fleetwood Fall

Life is good for the Fleetwood family......a very very busy Fall season.   Any one of the things  that is going on in our family is enough to keep the entire family busy and excited.  Put them all together and you have the:
Fleetwood Fall.

We are going to have a grandson soon.
We  are very excited to have another little one join our family and pray for healthy Moma and baby

My baby boy is getting married to the girl I have been praying for -  for years.
We are very excited to have Megan join the family.

Our daughter Carrie is having her year long photography project for CRMC: "Art on the Wall" gallery opening Oct 24 at the Colquitt County Arts Center.
We are so proud of her and this once in a life time opportunity to give back to her community.

The Viohl/Fleetwood adventure called the opening of The Square is just around the corner.
This will be a  life changing challenge for these two families.  We are so proud and are waiting in anticipation  to see what this new business can do for our community.  Downtown Moultrie seems to be coming alive with new  growth and excitement  thanks to this new  generation.

Mark and I are bouncing around with projects all over while still maintaining our little business.

Fleetwood to-do list

9 shows
clean out the barns
 and storage rooms
 at old house
Church
go to the Square to paint
showers
decorate new building outside
go to Lowes
take care of girls for Doctor appointment
clean house
meet with Megan  about reception
and rehearsal dinner decor with
Jane and Susan
buy paper products
Sara and David home
family meal
Bible study
WMU
Tennis Match
Take Becca her book bag
Watch Riley and Jet for busy parents
find a new camera
clean up again
Go to Lowes
cut grass
clean out storage unit
hang ceiling tiles
call Doctor about Mark's heart check up
buy groceries ( who has time )
take out trash
pick up pizza
Update Red Cross status
go to Lowes
Do report for business
sales tax
Mom's gone
Mom's back
What are we going to wear for:
opening
wedding
rehearsal
remember to eat right
remember to eat
take lunch to the guys at the Square
Go to Lowes
take Viohl  Kids where they need to go
pick up sweet girls
feed the family again
Set up for show today at Farm Bureau
go by hospital to visit friend
get gifts to newly weds
Riley's birthday
quiet time
Phillip  is leaving a long to-do  list for the Square
While He and Carrie do beach photo shoots
Expo coming
get pictures for power point ready
find bottles and wash
blood work next week
drug store this week
skillet festival next weekend
find all cast iron
calico coming
cancel mule day
Wedding 2nd
baby due 7th
Becca birthday 7th
Sara's birthday 8th
my birthday 9th
I plan to take a nap for my birthday
and just think
Thanksgiving and Christmas
are just around the corner

Pray for my crazy busy family

Week five of Gideon

Oh how I wish that our hero could finish well.
God can still use his life to teach us to:
"Trust in the Lord with all our hearts and lean not into our understanding
In all our ways acknowledge Him and He will direct our path."

Gideon went from the timid, frightened, depending on God , Hero
to a vindictive, angry, reacting and retaliating leader
 of an large army dispensing cruel judgement.

The domino effect began when he stopped asking God and
started reacting to the actions of those around Him.
He traded in a close relationship with God
for the adoration of others.
He forgot who really won the victory
and became "The Man"

Our Sunday school lesson  says to leave retaliation to God
Mark says to respond not to react.

The lesson says to trust God
  to make all things right
 in that day the wicked will be judges
 and the faithful will be rewarded.
Mark says, Payday some day

Today's devotion quoted D.L. Moody
"True faith is Man's weakness leaning on God's strength
When man has no strength..if he learns to lean on God,
He becomes powerful."

The sermon on the Radio tells us that Jesus is our example
when He was on the cross,
"Father forgive them, for they know not what thy do."

His power is seen in what he has
 the authority and power to do
and chooses not to do.

To be like Jesus:
" when we have the desire to be critical of others,
take that as a cue to bless and encourage them instead."

respond with positive
 instead of
 reacting with negative

 J-esus
O-thers
Y-ou

Gideon week four

For Gideon week 4, I was in the mountains of Kentucky have trouble with signal and kept losing blogs.
So, I will go over what meant a lot to me.  It was about the patience of God in dealing with his children.

Grace = getting what you do not deserve
Mercy = not getting what you deserve

She used Gideon's gift to have us look at our own gifts. Gifts  given to us by God, to be given back to God, for Him to use when and how He chooses for our good and His glory.

Hiking through the mountains, I thought about what gift God may have given me and I came up with this.
I think God wants me to be His cheerleader
To exalt Him
To praise His word
To build up His children

I have been a cheerleader most of my life.
I had four brothers, so, I naturally gravitated toward sports
My sister was a very precise cheerleader, with  a perfect split and perfect  movements,
very thin and looked good in her uniform, every hair of her long straight hair in place.
I could not do a split , my hair was a mess and my movements were okay at best
But, I was very enthusiastic and very vocal (imagine that)
and I knew the game. I knew when we were on offence and defense. '
When we needed  a first and ten or to hold that line.

To be God's cheerleader, I need to know and grow.
I realize I am still a mess, and make bad moves.
But I am very enthusiastic and  learning more every day as I study His word and pray and grow.
I hear Him tell me constantly, "Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workmen that needth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

On page 102, she asked us what practical things could we do to prepare our gifts to be used by God
I wrote:
Practice,practice,practice
Study, study, study
Pray, pray, pray

Take the time effort and energy = sacrifice that is pleasing to God

She gave us 4 steps to giving our gifts to God
Prepare it
Present it
Put it down
Pour it out
See how God uses your gifts.